Tie rack



NOV. 10, 1953 ARSENEAULT 2,658,626

TIE RACK Filed March 12, 1952 IN V EN TOR. FT 4 GEO/P6! A. ARfElAl/ZT 1 BY 5 f Arrow Ev Patented Nov. 10, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to racks for holding ties, etc., and the principal object of the invention resides in the provision of a tie rack having means to lightly and yieldingly clamp the ties or other objects held thereby so that the same will not tend to shift about and more particularly so that a great many ties can be held and when one is selected and pulled from the rack, the others will not be brought out along with the tie wanted, as often happens in devices of this nature.

Other objects of the invention include the provision of a base or support for securement to a wall, door, or the like, an outwardly projecting rail or bracket on which are slidably mounted one or more elongated transverse tie clamping bars or arms, said rail including a spring constantly urging the bars or arms into yieldable clamping engagement to lightly clamp the ties or other articles held thereby in original posi tion and against any accidental displacement.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of a device embodying the invention;

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof;

Figure 3 is a vertical section on an enlarged scale on line 3-3 of Figure 2; and

Figure 4 is a vertical section on line 44 of Figure 2.

In carrying out the present invention, there is provided a plate III which is secured to a support such as a, wall or door, by any desired means such as fasteners extending through holes I2. Fixed to the plate or base is an outstanding rail or bracket [4 having a compression spring [6 contained in a slot or bore 18 therein the slot providing a double leg formation 14' at the outer end of the bracket. This spring finds a reaction point outboard of plate as by a closure or end plate 20.

A series of elongated cross arms or bars 22 are provided with center holes 23 for sliding in or out relative to plate In on the rail I4. The outermost arm 22 is provided with a pin or the like 24 transacting slot [8 and engaged by the inner end of the spring as at 25 so that the various cross arms are urged together, the innermost arm abutting plate Ill.

The invention contemplates two or more cross arms, and each one is elongated and preferably flat, so that many ties may be placed on each cross arm. The ties on the innermost and outermost arms are clamped at one side only, which is sufficient to prevent disturbance of the other ties when one is pulled out without retracting the arms at all, but the centrally located arms clamp the ties at both sides thereof.

A great many ties may be securely held by this device and one easily abstracted for use, but in no case will adjacent ties be disturbed or pulled out along with the one selected.

Having thus described our invention and the advantages thereof, I do not wish to be limited to the details herein disclosed, otherwise than as set forth in the claims, but what I claim is:

1. A rack comprising a support, an elongated central single rail thereon extending outwardly therefrom, said rail having a center slot therein, a compression spring in the slot, an abutment to form a reaction point for the spring on the outer end of the rail, a series of elongated cross arms each having a central aperture receiving the rail, the cross arms being slidable thereon, means traversing the aperture in the outermost cross arm and the slot and forming a reaction point for the spring at the other end thereof to cause the spring to yieldingly move all the cross arms toward the support in mutually contacting engagement, said cross arms being fiat and arranged in parallel vertical planes to provide relatively broad contacting side surfaces for gripping the ties, and.

said abutment preventing escape of the cross arms from the rail.

2. A tie rack comprising a support for securement to a door or wall, a single supporting bracket on the support and extending outwardly therefrom at right angles thereto, a central single opening in the bracket forming a double leg formation, a series of elongated fiat unitary cross arms slidable on the double leg formation toward and away from the support, said cross arms extending out laterally of the double leg formation, and a spring located in the supporting bracket between the legs of the double leg formation, said spring being connected only to the cross arm located farthest from the support and causing all the cross arms to yieldingly contact each other and the innermost cross arm to contact the support.

GEORGE R. ARSENEAULT.

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